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Nuova release per Paint Shop Pro 9.01, il programma di fotoritocco più utilizzato. Potete scaricarla da qui.

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Fixes and Issues Addressed

  • With the Smear tool’s size minimized, smear strokes were leaving transparency in areas where they shouldn’t have.
  • Use of the Palette Knife, under certain settings, was introducing artifacts along the edge of the paint.
  • The Tiles effect was sometimes dropping lines between tiles, and displaying a noticeable difference between the preview and the resulting image.
  • With the History palette set to Auto-hide mode, right-clicking an item displayed the context menu, but the palette itself disappeared.
  • Due to an issue with the automation OLE server in Microsoft Access 2003, integration with Microsoft Access wasn’t always work correctly. Additionally, when inserting a Paint Shop Pro Studio object into a Microsoft Word document, Paint Shop Pro Studio was closing automatically if no other document was open.
  • Recording a script that included a plug-in with an apostrophe in its name (such as “Somebody's Filters”) didn't enclose the plug-in name in double-quotes, causing an error upon execution.
  • The scripting command ReturnFileLocations wasn't returning the folder count or locations for the following three folder locations: Categories Database, Displacement Maps, and Mixer Pages.
  • Vector objects with lines 2 pixels thick (and wider) were displaying with an extra pixel.
  • The left and right preview windows for the Barrel, Fisheye, and Pincushion Distortion Correction dialogs did not match after the initial filter application.
  • An erroneous, abbreviated error message sometimes appeared when using the Hue/Saturation/Lightness dialog on a Windows ME computer.
  • The Reset to default button in the Digital Camera Noise Removal dialog was not functioning correctly after using the Randomize button.
  • Changing the filename case of some resources (such as Picture Tubes) wasn't being reflected in the visual resource pickers.
  • Changing a Gradient name via the Resource Manager dialog modified the gradient's thumbnail appearance in the drop-list.
  • Paletted PNG files were not appearing in the Displacement Map dialog's list of available map images.
  • The Batch Process feature was not properly saving PSP7 and earlier images with the correct .psp file extention extension.
  • EXIF data for Raw images from the same camera was varying depending on the presence of the image thumbnail.
  • When using the Image Browser, navigating folders with the arrow keys sometimes caused focus to jump to other folders.
  • In Windows Explorer, right-clicking an image file and attempting to open it with Paint Shop Pro 9 was not working.
  • In Windows Explorer, right-clicking a folder to "Browse with Paint Shop Pro 9" wasn't functioning properly.
  • After setting up a screen capture and then minimizing Paint Shop Pro, completing the screen capture was not bringing focus back to Paint Shop Pro.
  • The Raw Camera Data dialog's zoom presets drop-list was improperly displaying the zooming options.
  • When in Tabbed Documents mode, selecting images for Print Layout via the Image Browser wasn't displaying the image thumbnails.
  • Images opened from a maximized Image Browser were missing the Close button after exiting Full Screen Preview mode.
  • After dragging and dropping another image into the current image, attempting to view Layer Properties was causing PSP to crash.
  • Clipboard contents pasted into a selection were not conforming to the shape of the selection.
  • A Help topic associated with placing text along a vector path mistakenly referred to a button labeled "OK" instead of "Apply."
  • A Help topic associated with screen capturing didn't contain directions on capturing Paint Shop Pro itself.
  • A Help topic associated with copying resources via the Resource Manager dialog needed additional information.
  • A Help topic associated with the Color Replacer tool needed additional information about materials other than solid colors.
  • A Help topic associated with splitting color channels listed the wrong menu path.
  • A Quick Guide in the Learning Center palette needed additional steps to assist new Paint Shop Pro users.
  • A Help topic associated with the auto-hide feature for palettes needed additional information.
  • Users of the Logitech Track Man mouse were reporting slowdowns when in Paint Shop Pro.
  • During installation, attempting to change the location of user data folders wasn't working properly.
  • In the Layers palette, scanned images opened into Paint Shop Pro were not being labeled as the "Background" layer.
  • After creating a new layer and then using the Edit > Repeat command, the second new layer's name was not incrementing properly. A few dialogs in the application still referred to the Layers palette as the Layer palette.
  • The Alt key shortcuts listed in the Layers menu and the Layers context menu did not match.
  • When the Layers palette was set to auto-hide, and then a new layer was created, the palette was hiding improperly.
  • The Layers palette icon used to indicate a layer's lock status was difficult to see.
  • Load/Save Selections and Masks wasn't allowing access to the File Locations button when there were no resources in the current folder.
  • Some models of cordless pointing devices were having difficulty with slow mouse movements in Paint Shop Pro.
  • In the Image Browser, dragging an image onto an already populated folder did not open the folder.
  • After adjusting a layer's opacity and then selecting another tool, the cursor was disappearing.
  • When set to auto-hide, the History palette was improperly hiding after right-clicking an item to display the context menu.
  • The script ReturnVectorObjectProperties was not returning the visibility of objects with visibility turned off.
  • The label "SelectHideMarquee" was not appearing in the History Palette to reflect that the Selections > Hide Marquee command was used.
  • When attempting to run two successive scripts that import JascUtils, the scripts fail.
  • When using the Anti-alias option with the Freehand Selection tool, the resulting selection did not appear anti-aliased.
  • After executing a Select All command, right-clicking to deselect was not functioning properly.
  • When using the Circle or Ellipse selection type without the Anti-alias option checked, the selection was failing.
  • Attempting to move an empty (transparent) selection was prompting an error message to appear.
  • When the Windows screen settings were set to use the largest font option, the bottom of the application registration form was being cut off.
  • A Help topic link associated with Aligning and Spacing Text on Object Paths was opening a popup window, not another Help topic.
  • While using a vector tool with the foreground property set to Transparent, subsequent attempts to apply paint in the Mixer palette were failing.
  • Use of the Mesh Warp tool was leaving holes in the image where none existed in the previous Paint Shop Pro version.
  • When using the Mesh Warp tool, the edges of some warped images appear to change after applying the modifications.
  • While using the Warp Brush tool, the Apply and Cancel buttons were grayed out under certain conditions.
  • While using the Clone tool, the X marking the source position wasn't appearing during clicks and drags.
  • While using the Raster Deform tool to proportionally resize a layer, occasionally the proportion was being distorted depending on cursor position.
  • The Art Media tools needed the ability to support very small brush Size values.
  • The raster Paint Brush presets incorporating certain settings were causing the application to lock up.
  • Saving a brush preset with the name "Last Used" was prompting an error message.
  • Under specific settings, Paint Brush strokes over undone strokes was occasionally causing the undone strokes to reappear on the canvas.
  • When using the Ellipse tool, the Tool Options palette's expansion arrow wasn't functioning properly in some cases.
  • Straight vector lines drawn with anti-alias on and having an even-number width setting didn't look as good as expected.
  • Editing some of the vector shapes and then closing the document occasionally caused Paint Shop Pro to crash.
  • When dragging tool buttons out of their group while in Customization mode, the buttons didn't look the same as before they were moved.
  • When docking was turned off, the Layers palette was occasionally hidden behind the Materials palette.
  • Under certain conditions, Materials palette swatch thumbnails set to appear at small or medium sizes were not fully visible in the palette.
  • The response time for docking and undocking palettes appeared to slow down after several docks/undocks.
  • When resizing the main application window such that the Tools toolbar was partially hidden, the icon indicating the additional tools was being clipped.
  • Customization options associated with adding plug-in commands to toolbars were missing compared to previous versions of the application.
  • When clicking on the Paint Shop Pro main window to reactivate the application, clicking over a docked palette/toolbar would undock the palette/toolbar.
  • When sampling colors in the Mixer palette, right-clicks were not setting the Background property as expected.
  • After clicking the Layers palette to give it focus, subsequently clicking another palette would not always give that palette focus.
  • After exiting Print Layout, multiple images that had been minimized in the main window were moving upward such that the title bars were overlapping.
  • In the Objects menu and the vector-related context menus, command name capitalization was not consistent.
  • Deleted workspaces were still appearing in the list of workspaces available for loading.
  • Under certain conditions, images minimized in the workspace were sometimes hiding below the Status bar.
  • The Customization mode feature of Ctrl+Left-clicking a tool to duplicate it was not documented.
  • Menu icons dragged to another location and then set to appear only as text were having the icons reappear upon the next launch of Paint Shop Pro.
  • In the Mixer palette, when attempting to adjust the Tube tool's size setting via the mouse scroll wheel, the setting wasn't updating properly.
  • When using the Fine Leather effect, the dialog's preview pane was not properly updating unless the Proof button was clicked.
  • Setting a Logitech optical mouse scroll wheel to execute a double-click when pressed was not working consistently in the application.
  • When starting an Oil Brush stroke outside the canvas, blank areas would sometimes appear at the edge of the canvas.
  • The ability to scroll through options in drop-lists by using the mouse wheel or the arrow keys was not functioning properly.
  • Some Windows 98 users were reporting that preset lists were appearing at their smallest size for no known reason.